YES, YOU heard it right: New Belgium Brewing is coming to town for Philly Beer Week. And, yes, that means Fat Tire, the smooth-drinking amber ale with the simple red cruiser bicycle label, will be pouring from local spigots for the first time.

I mention this development for two reasons.

First, based on the number of questions I've fielded about this brand over the years, I'd expect long lines when the Colorado brewery's suds foam here for the first time tomorrow evening at West Philly's City Tap House. Even if you've been there, done that, New Belgium has more than two dozen other drafts lined up for the tap takeover. Among them: Mouth-puckering La Folie, super-strong Cascara Quad, brand-new Snapshot Sour Wheat and Heavenly Feijoa, a Belgian-style tripel it bottled with Montreal's Dieu du Ciel brewery.

Second, the brand's arrival - a temporary, limited engagement while the Colorado brewery tests a local wholesaler - underscores one of the attractions of what is surely the nation's signature beer-week celebration: the Debut.

Beer Week is a showcase for both out-of-towners making their first foray into America's best beer-drinking city and locals drumming up excitement with new products. I turned up no fewer than 80 brands that will make their Philly debut over the next 10 days. See how many you can track down as the seventh installment of Philly Beer Week kicks off tomorrow and runs through June 8.

Here are some of the new flavors in town:

* Surly Furious, Iron Abbey (Horsham, Montgomery County), Tuesday, 7 p.m. As with New Belgium, this Minnesota brewery is testing the local waters, so grab this top-rated IPA while you can.

* Hardywood Park Only Live Twice Porter, Bru (Center City), Wednesday, 10 p.m. This trending up-and-comer, new to the city from Richmond, Va., is bringing more than a dozen varieties.

* Pappy Van Winkle Stout, The Twisted Tail (South Street), June 5, 6 p.m. This stout from New Orleans' Abita Brewery, aged in Pappy Van Winkle barrels, may be the closest you get to the rare, super-expensive bourbon.

Also, remember to track down anything from the area's two newest breweries, Saint Benjamin's (that's brewers, Tim Patton and Christine Burris, above), in North Philly, and Conshohocken Brewing, in Montco, which opened this spring.

And here’s a few other newcomers that will be popping up around town: Evil Genius I Love Lamp, a pineapple hefeweizen; Weyerbacher Rhumpshaka rum barrel-aged strong ale; barrels of Fegley’s Hop’Solutely fermented with funky Brettanomyces yeast; Baladin Super Floreale from Italy; Cooperstown Ale, a new blond ale from Brewery Ommegang; and Joey, a saison from Lancaster County’s Spring House Brewing.